Sample name: Mata Seca State Park (end rainy season, pasture)

Reference: F. C. Ferreira Jr, R. A. Rodrigues, Y. Sato, M. A. Z. Borges, and E. M. Braga. 2016. Searching for putative avian malaria vectors in a Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest in Brazil. Parasites & Vectors 9(587):1-12 [ER 2312]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: pasture

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 23.4

MAP: 871.0

Habitat comments: "tropical with dry summers... 'As' category in Köppen’s classification... The dry season starts in May with an average rainfall of 6 mm and the four following months typically receive less than 10 mm of rain. The rainy season starts in October and peaks between December and January, with monthly precipitation around 200 mm... The area defined here as 'pasture' was used for extensive cattle grazing and was abandoned in 2008, five years before the beginning of the present study. This vegetation consisted of exotic grass species, herbs and shrubs, and sparse trees"
MAT stated in text
MAP is for the region of Mata Seca State Park and is based on Silva et al. (2012, Arthropod-Plant Interaction)

Life forms: mosquitoes

Sampling methods: no design,other traps,hand capture

Sample size: 4855 individuals

Years: 2013

Seasons: wet or monsoon

Sampling comments: "Sampling was carried out at the end of the rainy season of 2013 (April)... we established three plots within each successional stage, with the same sampling effort for all plots and periods. Distances between plots within the same stage varied from 0.5 to 1.5 km... Mosquitoes were collected using Shannon traps and by active collection. LED lamps were set up inside the Shannon traps, and all attracted insects were captured using automatic aspirators... we used automatic aspirators to collect mosquitoes that were attracted by researchers"

Sample number: 2452

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-12-31 12:18:50

Modified: 2016-12-31 01:18:50